bagatelle \bag-uh-TEL\ (noun) - 1 : A trifle; a thing of little or no importance. 2 : A short, light musical or literary piece. 3 : A game played with a cue and balls on an oblong table having cups or arches at one end.

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insensate \in-SEN-sayt; -sit\ (adjective) - 1 : Lacking sensation or awareness; inanimate. 2 : Lacking human feeling or sensitivity; brutal; cruel. 3 : Lacking sense; stupid; foolish.

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confute \kuhn-FYOOT\ (transitive verb) - To overwhelm by argument; to refute conclusively; to prove or show to be false.

"And can there still be any need to confute the Diatribe? Who can more effectually confute it, than ...Read More

waylay \WAY-lay\ (transitive verb) - 1 : To lie in wait for and attack from ambush. 2 : To approach or stop (someone) unexpectedly.

"They waylay you. They waylay anybody who tries to come in here. I had to walk a... ...Read More

spoony \SPOO-nee\ (adjective) - 1 : Foolish; silly; excessively sentimental. 2 : Foolishly or sentimentally in love.

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osculation \os-kyuh-LAY-shuhn\ (noun) - The act of kissing; also: a kiss.

"If by osculation you mean kissing, Miss Cobb... I guess you don't remember the Austrian count who was a head waiter here. If there was anything ...Read More